diff --git a/src/osgUtil/Optimizer.cpp b/src/osgUtil/Optimizer.cpp
index 179ad56f7..1b4a6cf4b 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/Optimizer.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/Optimizer.cpp
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ using namespace osgUtil;
 void Optimizer::optimize(osg::Node* node, unsigned int options)
 {
 
-    return;
-
     if (options & COMBINE_ADJACENT_LODS)
     {
         CombineLODsVisitor clv;